Back to the Planet of the Apes
1980-11-17| 92 min
Astronauts Pete Burke and Allan Virdon crash on Earth in the far future and are captured by the apes. The men befriend a chimp named Galen who helps them to escape. In the hopes of finding a way to get back to their own time, the astronauts search for a computer in an earthquake-threatened city, with which they will be able to access their flight records. [The first of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "Escape from Tomorrow" and "The Trap"]
Genres
ActionThrillerAdventureScience FictionTV Movie
Cast
Ron Harper
James Naughton
Roddy McDowall
Royal Dano
Woodrow Parfrey
Norman Alden
John Milford
Mark Lenard
Booth Colman
Biff Elliot
Bobby Porter
Jerome Thor
William Beckley
Alvin Hammer
Cindy Eilbacher
Mickey LeClair
Wallace Earl
Gail Bonney
